Reading Isaiah’s Mind – Chapter 32 – verses 11 – 20

Posted by Nancy on January 23, 2016

Israel’s mantle (robe; role; responsibilty is to lead and instruct the “family-of-man” in righteousness.

11. The arrogance (pomposity; conceit; disdain; vanity; self-importance; stiff-necked ways; presumptuousness) of Salt Lake’s people(priesthood-leadership) encouragesIsrael’s people (rank and file Mormons) to revere (worship; idolize; pay tribute to; be afraid of; bend-the-knee before) a bunch of angry(hostile; cross; indignant) prophets and apostles, who are at-the-reins ( in the drivers seat; on the throne; at the helm; at the wheel) of Mormon power in Salt Lake City. They are stripping-off(plundering; appropriating; stealing; robbing) the “robes”(mantles; roles) of royalty from of Israel’s people while they cause Israel’s people to disregard their covenantal obligations to Jehovah. They habituate Israel’s people(rank and file Mormons) to assist Salt Lake as it divests (strips; plunders)Israel’s people of their robe(mantle calling; duty; mission) then theydeliver them (relinquish-them ; handing them over; surrender-them) into the hands (power; authority; control; influence) of Salt Lake’s prophets, upon(after; consequent to) their baptism in the Mormon church.

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To beat one’s breasts means: to strike one’s fisst against one’s chest as an expression of sorrow, anger, or woe. Hardly anyone actually beats their breast any more, but the expression survives as a poetic expression that describes any act of public bewailing.

12. Salt Lake’ top priesthood leaders are “Beating-their-Breasts”(striking their fists against their chests as an expression of sorrow, anger, or woe. Hardly anyone actually beats their breast any more, but the expression survives as a poetic expression that describes any act of public bewailing) and “tear-out-their-hair”(express tearful dramatic concern and agitation ) over their grounds(rationale; pretext; excuse) and about their priestly-expertise (prowess; expert skill in priestcraft) and especially about their coveted (highly-sought-after-without-regard for the rights of others) wrongly-desired) authority (dominion; supremacy ; sovereignty; authority; jurisdiction) over Israelite(rank and file Mormon)vines (lineages; families; dynasties; bloodlines) which are highly fruitful (profitable; profit-making; bankable; lucrative) to the “Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints”

FYI -” What we think of as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints operates today as a mere trademark of the corporation that owns the name to it. The actual church that used to go by that name, and which claims Jesus Christ as its head, does not exist today in any legally recognized form. The no longer even exists…at all”.

– Alan Rock Waterman

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Salt Lake’s top-church leaders and their wives are reveling and celebrating because of the plight(predicament; quandry; trouble; bind) that Israel’s people(rank and file Mormons ) are in.

13.Indeed(if truth be told), for many years, loathsomethorns(Salt Lake’s appointments as Israel’s royalty) have been rising-up(ascending; arising) higher than (greater in power and authoritythan) the daughters(branches; clans) of Israel. They are reveling(rejoicing; partying; celebrating)in Salt Lake(at Mormon Church Headquarters) over the plight(troubles; predicaments; dilemmas; difficulties) of Jehovah’s sheep(followers; lambs).

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14. Indeed(as a matter of fact) the men occupying the citadel (Salt Lake headquarters) have totally forsaken(deserted) their posts as “watchers” (lookouts) on behalf of Israel’s people . They are neglecting (disregarding; discounting; turning a blind eye to; paying no attention to) the tower (position with the best view; elevated-station guarded by a “watch” for danger or trouble) but rather, they are looking-forward (expecting; anticipating) to be surrounded (bound; encompassed) by a profligate(depraved; lascivious; reprobate)band(gang; company) of confederates(accomplices; partners-in-crime; co-conspirators; collaborators) forever while delighting in the “whiteness”(appearance-of-righteousness) seen amongwild-asses(donkeys; jack-asses), which“whiteness” (appearance-of-righteousness ) is cheerfully sold(bought and sold) at theMormon-sanctuaries (Mormon-temples) presided over by Mormonhigh-priests who’ve been forsaken (abandoned; deserted) by the God of Israel.

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Salt Lake’s high-priests are waiting for “The Spirit”of “Ownership-Over-Everyone-Else; Lordship-Over-Everyone-Else; Mastery-Over-Everyone-Else”, i.e. Baal (the God of Salt Lake’s priesthood leadership) , to be poured out upon everyone and everything so their miserable “No-Mans-Land” (inhospitable-kingdom; uninhabitable-kingdom; confusion; uncultivated-wasteland; No-man’s land) will be magically transformed into a “Bed of Roses”(but…….Don’t hold your breath!”).

15. They are waiting-around for “The Spirit”of “Ownership; Lordship ; Mastery-Over-Everyone-Else”, i.e. Baal(the only God of Salt Lake’s priesthood leadership) , to be poured out upon everyone and everything and their miserable wilderness (inhospitable-kingdom; uninhabitable-kingdom; confusion; uncultivated-wasteland; No-man’s land) to be magically transformed into a “Bed of Roses”(Don’t hold your breath!”) and that “Bed-of-Roses” will morph into a fruitful-field (“goldmine”; potentially prifitable chunk of real estate), or so they think (hope; reckon). But not one of them is holding his breath in anticipation!

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Though they are unaware……Salt Lake’s priesthood leaders have unwittingly prepared for themselves and their families, an eternal-state of emptiness and bewilderment.

16. Actrually, …..though they are unaware……they’ve actually prepared for themselves and their families…. a lonely and desolate wilderness and an eternal state of utter bewilderment (emptiness) because of the God of Israel’spunishment(judgment; condemnation), while“Righteousness”(those of good-character; righteousness’s rightful possessors) will dwell in a fertile-field (“Bed-of-Roses”; fruitful-situations; fruitful-circumstance) that is fed and secured forever.

17.They(Israel’s people; rank and file Mormons) are possessors of (have wrought)“righteousness”(what-is-right; the birthright; what is good), so they will be my ministers(ambassadors; representatives; envoys) of “Righteousness”(what is right; what is true) and of peace(friendship; harmony) pointing the way (showing-the-way) to tranquility (serenity; rest; peace) and confidence (God’s loving-assurance) throughout eternity.

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“Peaceful Habitations for Israel’s people”

18. My people(Israel’s descendants; Israel’s successors) will reign(wear-the-crown) at rest (pleasantly; in-comfort; well; warmly), in “peaceful-habitations”(happy-homes; quiet-residences; peaceful-societies; tranquil-circumstances) along with others who have received a “sure-hope”(divine assurance) for themselves in an undisturbed(unmolested; irrevocable) place of eternal rest (repose).